Australian Authorities Bust Big Meth Shipment in Cargo of Charcoal

Published Jun 17, 2026 11:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

Australian authorities have charged three people for an attempt to smuggle about 300 kilos of meth through Port Botany earlier thi...

Big Tech is Putting Big Money Behind Marine Carbon Removal

Published Jun 17, 2026 10:55 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Business

Anthropic, Google, Stripe, Salesforce and other tech firms have announced a new $915 million investment in a large-scale carbon-ca...

Published Jun 17, 2026 10:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Shipping

On Tuesday, a docker was killed in a tragic accident aboard a ro/ro freighter at the Port of Zeebrugge, Belgium. The circumstances...

Published Jun 17, 2026 6:50 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

The United Arab Emirates exports about three million barrels of crude oil every day, and has been diverting as much as possible th...

Published Jun 17, 2026 6:07 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Business

In a surprise development, Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping announced its immediate exit from the chemical tanker segment....

Published Jun 17, 2026 5:35 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Environment

Norway’s LH2 Shipping reports it is accelerating the development of hydrogen-powered shortsea shipping bulkers for the Baltic with...

Published Jun 17, 2026 5:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Ports

Global ports operator and logistics giant DP World is pursuing a deal to enter the lucrative U.S. container and ports business aft...

Published Jun 17, 2026 5:03 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

Multiple U.S. outlets (including Semafor, Bloomberg, Axios and others) have released the text of the U.S.-Iran deal, which a U.S....

Published Jun 17, 2026 4:20 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Shipping

Petitions being heard by courts in India and Baltimore are considering the same issue of how long crewmembers can be detained when...

Published Jun 17, 2026 3:52 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Shipping

There was evidence on June 16 and 17 that traffic is picking up in the Strait of Hormuz, but it is far from pre-war normals. The m...